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Opinion 98-11
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (where last day of interest-free period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or … 925-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §25-a: When the last day of the penalty-free period for the payment of real … Whether real property tax payments postmarked day after the last day for tax payments wo penalty is timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11Mandatory vs. Optional Membership
… compulsory for optional members, once you join, you can only terminate membership by terminating your public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/mandatory-vs-optional-membershipState Agencies Bulletin No. 1842
… This bulletin is superseded by Payroll Bulletin No. 1842.1 . Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of the updated AC-2772 Direct Deposit … for their direct deposit account distribution and there is a variance in their paycheck. Effective Dates Effective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1842-updated-direct-deposit-form-nys-employees-ac-2772Member Contributions
… Most members are required to contribute a percentage of their earnings toward their retirement. Whether a member … exceptions may apply to some members of the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) or the Police and Fire Retirement … Whether members of the Employees Retirement System ERS and the Police and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/member-contributionsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… earned and used. In addition, officials did not have a process to verify accrual balances prior to approving the … deposit, disburse and report all moneys collected in a timely and accurate manner. Auditors also determined that … bank reconciliations or accountabilities to compare cash on hand with outstanding liabilities. In addition, the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 98-4
… established in a county, the duties of the tax levying body provided for in Real Property Tax Law, §554 in … officer is the official to whom the county tax levying body may delegate authority to perform duties in connection … on tax rolls. Subdivision 9 authorizes a tax levying body to delegate, by resolution, to "an official who is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-4New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… General Fund). However, DOB has identified $2.7 billion in payroll costs for such employees as eligible for CRF funding, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-december-2-2020Opinion 89-51
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Contracts (additional … services of private contractors); (cost of VFBL insurance) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Fire Protection Contracts (additional payments for the … the town is authorized to make payments to the volunteer fire company in addition to the annual sum specified in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-51DiNapoli: State Education Department Missed Red Flags of Proprietary Schools' Financial Trouble
… as a second language. As of Jan. 15, 2020, there were 391 licensed proprietary schools — 357 private career schools … York. SED can refund students tuition, in some cases of school closures, through its Tuition Reimbursement Account … to reviewing these documents, SED conducts inspections at licensed schools to review records they are required to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-state-education-department-missed-red-flags-proprietary-schools-financial-troubleDiNapoli: NYC Budget Faces Uncertainty Without More Federal Relief
… the city has added back 349,400 jobs through October, only 10,800 jobs were added in October, the weakest growth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-budget-faces-uncertainty-without-more-federal-reliefOpinion 88-16
… the poundage collected will be a percentage of not only the principal of the debt due to the judgment creditor … withheld as poundage, the judgment creditor will receive only $95 from such execution. Under these circumstances, the … and that therefore, the 5% poundage should be applied only to that amount of each installment which is to be paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16DiNapoli: Local Governments Challenged by Slow Revenue Growth
… since 2010. Spending by school districts remained below 1 percent for three years starting in 2011, but ticked up at … local sales tax revenue growth fell from 3.6 percent to 1.8 percent in the first nine months of 2016 from the same … state aid for municipalities (AIM) has been frozen at $715 million for five years. However, large financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-local-governments-challenged-slow-revenue-growthOpinion 91-8
… Zagoreos v Conklin , 109 AD2d 281, 491 NYS2d 358 [2nd Dept 1985]; Matter of Tuxedo Conservation Taxpayers Ass'n v … of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638 [2nd Dept 1979]; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8Claims Auditing – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… the claim packages. Instead, it should entail a thorough and deliberate examination to determine that the claim is a legal obligation and a proper charge against the local government or school … general rule, a claim package should contain enough detail and documentation so that the auditing body or official is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/claims-auditingDivorce – State University Police Plan
… you and your ex-spouse when the marriage ends. If you divorce, your retirement benefits could be affected in any of … if you use it. We will also need a certified copy of your divorce decree. If you are divorced, it is especially … The Survivor Benefit beneficiary designations made by retirees who chose the Single Life Allowance option or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1823/divorceState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… property exemptions were not always properly applied for or supported. Of the 99 property tax exemptions that … totaling over $4.1 million were not properly applied for or supported. Property owners received $4,014 in 2019 town tax reductions for these unsupported exemptions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 88-44
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … v Symonds , 85 Misc 2d 289, 380 NYS2d 567, affd 54 AD2d 159, 388 NYS2d 422). Thus, abstention from voting on matters …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… announced today the following audits have been issued. Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: … in the initial audit. However, the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General only recovered about $325,000 of the overpayments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli: Costs Will Climb for Municipal Landfills
… million in estimated long-term costs for their active and closed landfills, according to a report released today by … and long-term. Policy changes in China have effectively closed the Chinese market to most U.S. recyclables. As … million in estimated longterm costs for their active and closed landfills according to a report released today by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-costs-will-climb-municipal-landfillsSelected M/WBE Purchases by Various Facilities
… Incorporated (AIW) complied with minority- or women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) procurement rules and other State … substantial and continuing, and who control the day-to-day business decisions. These enterprises must also be authorized to do business in New York State and registered under the State's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/07/selected-mwbe-purchases-various-facilities